Separator



(No Model.)

A. F. GAIENNIE.

SEPARATOR.

No. 567,895. Patented Sept. 15, 1896. 7277. jg I I 14 mum/v.70

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UNITED I STATES PATENT FFICE.

ALPHON SE F. GAIENNIE, OF LA FOUROHE, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE THIRDTO OHN V. LEOHE, OF

TI-IIBODEAUX, LOUISIANA.

SEPARATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,895, datedSeptember 15, 1896. Application filed December 30, 1895. Serial No.573,790. (No model.)

1'0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALPHONSE FLORESTAN GAIENNIE, of La Fourche, in the"parish of La Fourche and State of Louisiana, have in vented a new andImproved Separator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to certain improvements in separators, andparticularly to that class of separators employed in connection withvacuum-pans and similar evaporating devices for separating andcollecting the vapors and minute particles of liquid carried thereby;and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterof a simple and inexpensive construction, which shall be adapted toeffect a substantially perfect separation of the liquid from the vapor,the device being also adapted for separating oil and grease fromexhaust-steam.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,combination, and arrangement of the various parts of the improvedseparator, whereby certain im- 2 5 portant advantages are attained andthe device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted andmore convenient for use than prior devices of its class, all as will behereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi- 3 5cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a section taken vertically through the axis of a separatorconstructed in accordance with my invention, the section being in theplane indicated by the line a a in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transversesect-ion taken through the separator in the plane i11- dicated by theline b b in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2, but taken inthe plane indicated by the line 0 c in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view somewhatsimilar to Fig. 1, but having the lower part of the separator shown inelevation, this View being designed to illustrate a modified form of theinvention; and Fig. 5 is a section taken transversely through theseparator in the plane indicated by the line 6 e in Fig. 4.

As shown in Figs.1, 2, and 3, the separator is provided with acylindrical shell compris-. ing a lower portion 1, having a taperedbottom provided with a central opening 2 for the admission of the vaporsto the interior of the shell, and having at its upper edge a projectingannular flange 3,adapted to receive a similar flange on the lower partof the next section 4 of the shell, said section 4 being provided with aseries of passages 5, extending through it and adapted to convey thevapors, and having between said passages 5 a chamber 6 to receive waterorother cooling medium. The section 4 is providedwith a central flue 7for conveying the vaporup through said section into the upper part ofthe shell.

On the section 4 rests the body portion 8 of the shell, having in it aseries of annular plates 9, formed with central perforations 10, theedges of the said plates 9 being formed with depending flanges 10,surrounding said central perforations 10, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. Theupper faces of the plates 9 are made slightly conical or inclined fromthe edges of said central perforations 10 toward the outer edges of theplates, and the said plates are of a diameter substantially equal to theinterior diameter of the body portion 8 of the shell and are arrangedtransversely therein, being secured in place to the walls of the shellat their edges by means of brackets 11 or the like.

The plates 9 are spaced apart from each other, and between them arearranged other plates 12, also inclined on their upper surfaces, asindicated in Fig. 1, wherein said plates 9 and 12 are shown in section,and the plates are provided with annular depending o flanges 13 at theiredges and are of less diameter than the interior diameter of the bodyportion 8 of the shell, whereby annular spaces or fines are formedbetween the edges of the plates and the walls of the shell, as will-bereadily understood.

The plates 12 are arranged centrally within the body portion 8 oftheshell and have their apices l2 arranged beneath the centers of theperforations 10 in the plates 9, and said plates 12 are held in place inthe shell by means of bolts or rivets 14, set through their edge flanges13 and through the walls of theshell, as seen in Fig. 1, and the platesare further braced by depending brackets 15, which may be formedintegrally with the brackets which support the edges of the plates 9, asindicated at 11*? in Fig. 1.

The plates 12 are by preference formed of four sections havingoverlapping edge portions, as indicated at 12 in Fig. 2, whichoverlapping portions are riveted together, and the plates 9 are bypreference likewise each formed of four sections having overlapping edgeportions 9", riveted together, as seen in Fig. 3, and having at theedges of the plates cut-out portions forming apertures 9 at the outerends of said overlapping portions 9 whereby the liquid collecting on theupper inclined faces of the plates 9 and discharged thereupon from theflanges 13 of the plates 12 may escape through said apertures 9 to thelower part of the shell of the separator.

The separator is provided with an upper section 16, having anoutlet-flue 17, provided with a flange 19, which rests on the exteriorof the said sections 16 and is held in place by brackets 18, as clearlyseen in the drawings.

From the above description it willbe seen that the device is of anextremely simple and inexpensive construction and is well adapted forthe purposes for which it is intended; and it will be obvious from thedescription that the invention is susceptible of considerablemodification without material departure from its principles and spirit,and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself tothe exact construction and arrange 11161113 01: the various parts hereinset forth. For example, in some cases it may be desirable to constructthe device as shown in Figs. 4 and 5', wherein, in lieu of the plates 9and 12, inclined in similar directions, plates 20 and 21 are employed,alternating with each other and inclined in opposite directions. In thisform of the device the plates 20 and 21 are supported at their loweredges on brackets 22, secured to the sides of the body portion 8 of theshell, while the upper. edges of said plates 20 and 21 are spaced awayfrom the opposite sides of the shell and are provided with dependingflanges 24 and supported on crossbraces 23, secured at their ends to thesides of the shell, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. Each of the plates 20and 21 is by preference formed of a series of sections 25, havingoverlapping portions, as indicated at 26 in Fig. 5, and at their loweredges said plates 20 and 21 are formed with openings 27 for the passageof the liquid from their upper sides down into the lower portions of theseparator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a device of the character described, thecombination of a shell, a series of inclined plates arrangedtransversely across the same and having their lower edges arrangedadjacent to the walls of the shell, and provided with perforations forthe passage of the liquid from the inclined upper surfaces of the platesto the lower portion of the shell, and other plates arranged above theplates of the first-mentioned series, said last-mentioned plates beinginclined and having at their edges pendent flanges adapted to deliverthe liquid therefrom onto the plates of the firstmentioned series,substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a shell,and two series of plates arranged in the shell and extendingtransversely across the same, said plates having their upper surfacesinclined, and the lower portions of said upper surfaces arrangedadjacentto the walls of the shell and being provided with depending flangesadapted to deliver the liquid condensing on their upper surfaces to theplates below, substan: tially as set forth.

ALPHONSE F. GAIENNIE.

lVit-nesses:

O. A. LAGARDE, J. L. THIBODAUX.

